Quality Assurance

THE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM

The POCT Quality Assurance Program is designed to monitor the quality of POCT laboratory services provided by medical school personnel including physicians, nursing staff and medical assistants to ensure that problems related to these services are identified and addressed. The monitoring system is designed to be compatible with the standards of the College of American Pathologists, the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, and CLIA 88.

The UDL provides laboratory support to the activities of our clinical faculty at all of our locations. The offerings that constitute this service may change from time to time to meet the changing needs of the medical school. The Quality Assurance program consists of three elements which collectively insure an organizational commitment to continuously improve quality. 

Elements of the QA Program 

1.       Participation in Interlaboratory comparison programs:

·         CAP Proficiency testing

·         NJ DOH - Proficiency Testing Program

·         AAB - American Association of Bioanalysts 

2.       Laboratory quality control program:

·         Periodic Meetings of the POCT committee. The minutes of these meetings are available:

Purpose:
            Review of ongoing technical problems and their resolution
            Review problem cases
                        Review of proficiency testing performance
                        Review of customer service issues
                       

·         Daily procedures, including: 

Generation of mandated QC
Generation of daily patient reports in a consistent, retrievable manner

Provide for the review of QC data and the proper release of patient results

Provide a mechanism for the review of inconsistent findings by the laboratory subdirector and/or the Bioanalytical Laboratory Director. 

3.       Quality Assurance Indicator Program

The description of the QA program is included in the QA procedure:

POCT QA program 05-20-03 procedure

The minutes of the biannual QA indicator program are available:

December 2002, QA Meeting Minutes

May 2002, QA Meeting Minutes

4.  Formal Education and Competency Assessment Program

Send mail to martineu@umdnj.edu with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: August 03, 2005